Usage instructions

1. Specify the input sequences

All the input sequences must be in one-letter amino acid
code. The allowed alphabet (not case sensitive) is as follows:

A C D E F G H I K L M N P Q R S T V W Y and X (unknown)

All the other symbols will be converted to X before processing. The
sequences can be input in the following two ways:

Paste a single sequence (just the amino acids) or a number of sequences in
FASTA
format into the upper window of the main server page.

Select a FASTA
file on your local disk, either by typing the file name into the lower window
or by browsing the disk.

Both ways can be employed at the same time: all the specified sequences will
be processed. However, there may be not more than 2,000 sequences and
200,000 amino acidsin toto in one submission. The sequences
may not be longer than 4,000 amino acids.

2. Customize your run

By default the server produces graphical output illustrating
the predictions. You can suppress that by un-checking the button
labelled 'Generate graphics'.

Prediction of the presence and location of signal peptide cleavage sites
by the SignalP server is included by
default. You can suppress that by un-checking the button labelled
'Include signal peptide prediction'.

Check the button labelled 'Verbose output' to display the scores
produced by the 4 individual neural networks alongside the average score.
The default is to show the average score only.

3. Submit the job

Click on the "Submit" button. The status of your job (either 'queued'
or 'running') will be displayed and constantly updated until it terminates and
the server output appears in the browser window.

At any time during the wait you may enter your e-mail address and simply leave
the window. Your job will continue; you will be notified by e-mail when it has
terminated. The e-mail message will contain the URL under which the results are
stored; they will remain on the server for 24 hours for you to collect them.

GETTING HELP

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This file was last modified Monday 5th 2004f January 2004 15:06:24 GMT